SKATING POLLY

Chaos County Line

Over the past decade, few artists have embodied the unbridled freedom of punk like Skating Polly.Formed when stepsisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse were just 9and 13, the Oklahoma-bred band have channeled their chameleonic musicality into a sound they call“ugly-pop,”unruly and subversive and wildly melodic. With Kelli’s brother Kurtis Mayo joining on drumsin 2017, they’ve also built a close-knit community of fans while earningt he admiration of their musical forebears, a feat that’s found them collaborating with icons like X’s Exene Cervenka and Beat Happening’s Calvin Johnson, touring with Babes In Toyland, and starring as the subject of a feature-length documentary. On their double album Chaos County Line,Skating Polly reach a whole new level of self-possession, ultimately sharing their most expansive and emotionally powerful work to date.

The follow-up to 2018’sThe Make It All Show, Chaos County Line finds Skating Polly working again with Brad Wood, the acclaimed producer behind indie-rock classics like Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville. As their songs journey from art-punk to noise-rock to piano-driven power-pop, the band matches that musical